who has the most 850 yard rushing seasons

Emmitt Smith played the most seasons with 850+ rushing yards, with 14 seasons.

Interpreted as:
Who has the most 850 or more yard rushing seasons?
NAMESEASRUSH YDSGPATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
14
18,099
216
4,319
4.2
83.8
162
3,117
501
111
6.2
14.4
11
2Frank Gore
F. Gore
12
13,418
182
3,099
4.3
73.7
74
3,541
428
623
8.3
19.5
17
3Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
10
13,540
150
2,822
4.8
90.3
109
2,269
273
373
8.3
15.1
6
4Curtis Martin
C. Martin
10
13,366
156
3,298
4.1
85.7
85
3,211
460
379
7.0
20.6
10
5Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
10
15,269
153
3,062
5.0
99.8
99
2,921
352
8.3
19.1
10
6Walter Payton
W. Payton
10
14,918
156
3,348
4.5
95.6
98
3,797
394
9.6
24.3
14
7LaDainian Tomlinson
L. Tomlinson
9
12,674
142
2,876
4.4
89.3
132
4,169
562
777
7.4
29.4
15
8Jerome Bettis
J. Bettis
9
11,180
136
2,753
4.1
82.2
63
1,160
158
65
7.3
8.5
3
9Ricky Watters
R. Watters
9
10,325
139
2,550
4.0
74.3
77
4,141
456
154
9.1
29.8
13
10Thurman Thomas
T. Thomas
9
10,762
138
2,566
4.2
78.0
62
3,876
397
9.8
28.1
20
11Franco Harris
F. Harris
9
9,859
131
2,345
4.2
75.3
82
1,770
235
7.5
13.5
7
12Jim Brown
J. Brown
9
12,312
118
2,359
5.2
104.3
106
2,499
262
9.5
21.2
20
13Derrick Henry
D. Henry
8
11,784
122
2,376
5.0
96.6
112
1,528
165
213
9.3
12.5
4
14Matt Forte
M. Forte
8
8,602
120
2,035
4.2
71.7
45
4,116
487
636
8.5
34.3
19
15Steven Jackson
S. Jackson
8
9,465
117
2,262
4.2
80.9
52
3,135
388
526
8.1
26.8
8
16Jamal Lewis
J. Lewis
8
10,107
122
2,399
4.2
82.8
58
1,791
213
287
8.4
14.7
4
17Edgerrin James
E. James
8
10,945
122
2,698
4.1
89.7
74
3,067
394
534
7.8
25.1
11
18Eddie George
E. George
8
10,009
128
2,733
3.7
78.2
64
2,144
259
256
8.3
16.8
10
19Marshall Faulk
M. Faulk
8
9,808
122
2,169
4.5
80.4
80
5,556
572
422
9.7
45.5
33
20Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
8
10,087
123
2,264
4.5
82.0
61
2,809
314
8.9
22.8
11
21Ezekiel Elliott
E. Elliott
7
8,262
103
1,881
4.4
80.2
68
2,336
305
403
7.7
22.7
12
22LeSean McCoy
L. McCoy
7
8,615
105
1,830
4.7
82.0
60
2,697
347
444
7.8
25.7
12
23Marshawn Lynch
M. Lynch
7
8,399
106
1,918
4.4
79.2
70
1,726
209
287
8.3
16.3
9
24Thomas Jones
T. Jones
7
8,222
109
2,026
4.1
75.4
56
1,328
206
272
6.4
12.2
3
25Tiki Barber
T. Barber
7
9,514
110
1,967
4.8
86.5
52
3,927
444
616
8.8
35.7
6
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